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    La Taquisa

    2.5 (15 reviews)
    PriceyMexican
    Closed 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Baja Style Shrimp Burrito @ La Taquisa Langford
    Tara L.

    The third location in the La Taquisa downtown expansion. It's always a welcome addition when Langford attracts popular downtown eateries (and with the success of Bin 4 hopefully we will see more branching out in the burbs). La Taquisa is located in Goldstream Village beside Western Foods (now Fairway), a convenient spot for quick takeout. There was a steady flow of locals coming in to try this new Mexican place when we walked over on a Sunday. The restaurant is open and casual and the young staff are friendly and helpful. Order at counter and build your own meal choosing, for example, between taco or burrito, the filling and sauces and sides. Great to see seafood and vegetarian/vegan/gluten-free options. Grab a table and wait for your order to be called. The food is quite simple. Nothing fancy or complex. I prefer the burritos over tacos. Burritos are more of a meal; tacos are snack size. The tacos are a handmade soft corn tortilla served with salsa and your choice of filling; small and bite-size so order a few and try different flavours. The burritos are big and packed full of frijoles refritos beans, cheese, pico de gallo salsa, lettuce and your choice of filling in a soft warm flour tortilla. Very refried bean-y. Ask to tone down the Mexican pinto beans if not a fan. (Regarding the comment about lack of rice: you will rarely see rice on a burro in Mexico, it's a Cali thing). I recommend the Baja Style Shrimp. And the vegetarian Mole. Both are good. And under $10. The El Gordo is an even bigger version of the regular burrito with double filling. Large and in charge! Tip: the burrito can get messy so use the foil wrapper and just peel away as you devour; also eat as soon as possible so don't travel too far with takeout. The homemade tortilla soup is a family recipe, hearty and full of flavour. The owner is from Guadalajara, Mexico and the recipes are passed down from her grandmother, aunt and mom. La Taquisa in Langford is a good option for tasty takeout-style Mexican meal. It's only been a few days and I'm already craving that burrito... mmm

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    I booked a same-day reservation on OpenTable which had a pretty hefty deposit of $70pp (so $140 for…read morea party of two). They had plenty of reservations available. If you showed up without a reservation, you might have to wait for them to clean off a table, but didn't seem like anyone was waiting outside for over ten minutes. What they DON'T tell you in OpenTable: your deposit is applied to your bill but any remaining balance is given back as a GIFT CARD. This is clearly a restaurant choice, not an OpenTable policy. If you are a party of two looking to splurge, you can probably hit $140 without trying too hard (if you get two entrees, three appetizers, a dessert, and either apply the rest for tip or take a $15 jar of mole home). But I do think it's deceptive for Maiiz to have this policy without clearly noting it on OpenTable, especially since the likelihood you're coming as a tourist seems pretty high. Foodwise, everything was fine, I shouldn't judge the flavors against what I could find in CA. I was here as a tourist, and while I wouldn't come back here again, I wasn't upset about my dinner experience and it did provide a nicer dinner ambiance and zero wait. We ordered the duck confit tacos (the server said this was their top dish but it was NOT good, pretty dry and very small), beef barbacoa quesadila (pretty lacking in cheese, not as juicy as I'd like, but it was better than the duck confit), esquites (lime-forward which I like), butternut squash sopecito (just ok), one tuna tostada (very good!), and the cornbread (also very good!). That looks like a lot but we (two females) went home feeling satisfyingly full, with a leftover box of two tacos and one quesadilla. The only other quibble is that their menus are on ipads which are annoyingly laggy.

    OK, let's start with the positives. We loved our waitress! She was friendly and knowledgeable and…read moretotally on it. Also, my husband had just about the best margarita he's ever tasted. I took a drink of it and it was indeed incredible. Five stars for the drink. We ate outdoors and it was lovely. Now for the reasons behind the three stars: the food. As much as I wanted to love it, it was not very good. I love the concept of the restaurant and really wished the food had been more palatable. The barbacoa was over salted and barely tolerable. It also lacked flavor. I was happy to find a gluten-free place with good masa, but almost everything is made from it so it becomes overwhelming and unappreciated. I ordered the Chilaquiles with both green and red sauce; both salsas were underwhelming. My husband ordered the posole also with barbacoa which unfortunately made his dish over salted as well. Overall, we would never choose to eat here again and wonder if it is a tourist trap as it is located in Chinatown.

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    La Taquisa - mexican - Updated August 2026

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